Aboriginal studies

Subject guide

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander users are warned that websites provided in this subject guide may contain images of deceased persons and images of places that could cause sorrow.

This NSI Libraries online subject guide provides links to information available on the web. Some resources require a DET username and password. Don’t know your DET username and password? Contact your College Student Administration or your teacher.

Subject web links

 

Links

Culture and history

 

Australian Aboriginal mythology (Wikipedia)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages

Australian Indigenous cultural heritage (culture.gov.au)

Australian history - selected websites (National Library of Australia)

Dreaming (culture.gov.au)

Indigenous Australia - dreamtime or dreaming (Australian Museum)

Indigenous Australia - timeline (Australian Museum)

Indigenous records ( National Archives)

Koori history website

Map of Aboriginal Australia (David Horton)

National Indigenous Radio Service

Tribal boundaries in Aboriginal Australia (Norman B Tindale 1974)

Education

 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education - Federal and State Government sites

Aboriginal Education Council NSW

Services for Indigenous students (NSI)

Guidelines and protocols for NSW Public schools and TAFE NSW institutes:

Health

 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health

Reconciliation

 

Lore of the land - Reconciling spirit & places in Australia's history

Reconciliation (culture.gov.au)

Reconciliation Australia

General

 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resource links (AIATSIS)

Aboriginal Australian (State Library NSW)

Aboriginal studies - TAFE Studylinks

Indigenous Australia (Aussie Educator)

Indigenous Portals

 

Directories and databases

AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database

Australian Indigenous Index

Index to the Koori Mail, that focuses on the Indigenous people of Australia, from May 1991 to date. It is also an index to biographical information from various magazines.

Indigenous art centres directory

Organisations & museums

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Australian Museum - Indigenous Australia exhibition

Explores Aboriginal Australia through storytelling, cultures and histories. This site provides resources for teaching and studying.

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association

NSW Aboriginal Land Council

Government information

Aboriginal business

Aboriginal People and Housing Assistance (NSW)

AIATSIS Indigenous facilitation and mediation

Department of Aboriginal Affairs (NSW)

Government Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Indigenous communities and the environment

Indigenous Art, culture and languages

NSW Aboriginal Housing Office

Aboriginal land and native title

AIATSIS Native Title research unit

Eddie Mabo - bibliographical note

Eddie Mabo - biography by his daughter Gail

Indigenous Land Corporation

National Native Title Tribunal

Native Title Act 1993

Native Title Amendment Act 1998

Native Title - selected legislation

Native Title InfoBase

Native Title representative bodies

Legislation and statistics

Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commission

Indigenous people and the law - Parliamentary Library

Indigenous Statistics - Australian Bureau of Statistics

Law Reform Commission NSW - Aboriginal customary law

Legal Research Links

Compiled by the High Court of Australia provides access to resources such as the Australian legal information gateway WebLaw including Native Title resources and the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) which provides Indigenous law resources and the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Archive.

eJournals, eBooks & other eResources

  

eJournals

Freely available eJournals and news services

EBSCOhost

Click the link to ANZRC or one of the selected journals. Log in using your DET username and password.

ANZRC

ACH: the journal of history of culture in Australia

Australian Aboriginal studies
Oceania

Gale Cengage Learning

Log in to Gale databases using your DET username and password. Once you have logged into the databases, click on 'Publication Search' and type in the name of the journal as listed in the following selection:

 

eBooks

     

Free eBooks

Free historical eBooks available digitised in the Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg of Australia. These texts may not reflect current view points.

 

NetLibrary

Click the link of the example and then click on 'ACCESS ONLINE RESOURCE'. Log in using your DET username and password.

    

eReference

Free eReference

Oxford Art Online

Log in to Oxford Art Online using your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of your username.

  • Grove Art Online (e.g. Culture and traditional art forms of Aboriginal Australia)

Oxford Reference Online

Log in to Oxford Reference Online using your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of your username. Once you have logged into the database, click on Subjects & Books and go to Politics & Social Sciences, History etc.

  • Oxford companion to Australian history
  • Oxford companion to Australian literature
  • Oxford companion to Australian politics
  • Oxford companion to the High Court of Australia (Includes reference information about Native Title and Eddie Mabo)

 

Online videos

Free online videos and animations

TVNews

Click the link to TVNews or one of the selected programs. Log in using your DET username and password.

 

Training toolboxes (Australian Flexible Learning Framework)

Cultural resource management

Help from within: a conference for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers

Indigenous ecotourism (CD only - contact your librarian)

Interactive ochre

Learning about Native Title

Click on 'ACCESS ONLINE RESOURCE ' at the end of the description to access these training packages which contain tutorials, quizzes and resources for your course. From home, log in using your DET username and password. You can view or download these resources. CD-ROMs of the packages may be available at your TAFE library.

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   Databases covering Aboriginal studies subjects

Here is a selection of subject specific databases provided. For the full list of general databases and regarding instructions go to the eResources Portal.

Name
Description
Access

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website. Includes statistics and some analysis of information from the National Census and other sources. Allows for the creation of local area profiles. http://www.abs.gov.au/

Freely available

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - EBSCO's searchable database provides full text, and index access to many local and international magazines, newspapers and reference books. Most general subjects are covered including Aboriginal studies.

DET username and password required.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text

Nursing database

CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 750 journals. With more than 600,000 full-text articles dating back to 1937, CINAHL Plus is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature, including Aboriginal health.

DET username and password required.

 

The Facts on File is a set of online reference databases designed to suit the reference requirements of secondary schools, TAFE colleges and undergraduate research libraries.  Each database offers hyperlinked full-text records, images, maps, time-lines, citation information and more. Titles include: 

  • Ancient and Medieval History Online (incl. videos)
  • Modern World History Online (incl. videos)
  • Health Reference Centre (incl. videos)
  • Bloom’s Literary Reference Online
  • Issues & Controversies

Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).

Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith).

Gale databases provide access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics. The sub-collection General OneFile includes over 6,300 full-text titles and 400 newspaper services (a total of more than 11,000 titles). Also included in the subscription is the 'General Reference Centre Gold'. Search this database for information on Aboriginal studies.

DET username and password required.

Oxford Art Online

This innovative new gateway into art research and access point for Oxford art reference subscriptions including Aboriginal art. Publications provided are:

  • Grove Art Online
  • Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
  • The Oxford Companion to Western Art
  • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms

Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).

Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith).

A searchable collection of 175+ key Oxford reference publications covering 25 subject areas. Includes bilingual dictionaries, encyclopaedias, subject reference, quotations, maps & illustrations and 42 x 20th century timelines.

Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).

Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith).

ProQuest Central provides access to a set of databases containing more than 125 billion digital pages covering arts, literature, social science, general reference, business, science, technology, and medicine. ProQuest includes the world's largest digital newspaper archive including ANZ Newsstand and periodical databases comprising the output of more than 9,000 titles.

DET username and password required.

TVNews indexes and abstracts Australian news items, current affairs and documentaries from free-to-air networks since 2007. You can download video content straight to your desktop or flash drive. Most programs are available the next working day. Coverage includes: Australian story, Behind the news, 60 minutes, Four corners, Lateline, Living Black, Message Stick, People Dimensions and all the major news broadcasts.

DET username and password required.

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   Catalogues

The NSW TAFE Library catalogue lists all the resources held in NSW TAFE libraries. You can search by keyword, author, title and subject and also limit searches to specific types of materials and specific college libraries. The catalogue has links to, and the addresses and contact details of, all individual NSW TAFE Libraries.

Subject headings

Catalogue links to Aboriginal studies subjects and availability through NSI Libraries are listed below. Please note: the search results are limited to items available in NSI Libraries. Do a new search if you want to find items held by your local library or to get results for all TAFE NSW Libraries.

  Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
  Aboriginal Australians -- Cultural assimilation Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
  Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore Aboriginal Australians in art
  Aboriginal Australians -- Food Aboriginal reconciliation
  Aboriginal Australians -- Employment Art, Aboriginal Australian
  Aboriginal Australians -- History Australian literature -- Aboriginal authors
  Aboriginal Australians -- Languages Ethnology -- Australia
  Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. Intercultural communication -- Australia
  Aboriginal Australians -- Legends Mabo, Eddie, 1936-1992
  Aboriginal Australians -- Medical care Native title (Australia)
  Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Sydney region Stolen generations (Australia)
  Aboriginal Australians -- Politics and government Torres Strait Islanders
  Aboriginal Australians -- Religion Torres Strait Islanders -- Government policy
  Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography

 

Macquarie University Library

Macquarie University Library has an extensive collection of resources in the indigenous studies area. NSI has a reciprocal borrower's agreement with Macquarie University ($44 per calendar year). Please ask your NSI library staff for details on how to access this service.

      

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      Last updated: 17.08.2010